To: Gefreiter
let's talk about how we did it from nothing in 3 centuries.
That bit's rather simple, it was all started by the English.
90 posted on
11/05/2004 7:13:49 AM PST by
tjwmason
("The English, the English, the English are best; I wouldn't give tuppence for all of the rest")
To: tjwmason
True, true.
But the origins of the earliest settlers I don't believe add or detract form the force of the statement. And besides I'm sure some Spaniards might have an opinion about who was where first!
Wouldn't you agree though that to go from a brace of coastal settlements to being the dominant global power in such a short time is a rearkable feat? An unrivalled feat?
99 posted on
11/05/2004 7:27:31 AM PST by
Gefreiter
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